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‘Classrooms for Climate’ Takes Advantage of Chugach National Forest
Lori Townsend, APRN – Anchorage
The Chugach National Forest, bordering Anchorage and stretching onto the Kenai Peninsula, is a natural place to study climate change. And a conference called “classrooms for climate”...
Tribal Leaders Work to Resolve ANCSA Issues
Sophie Evan, KYUK – Bethel
Alaska Native tribal leaders are meeting this week about unresolved issues of ANCSA or the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. The meeting will take place at the...
Alaska News Nightly: May 3, 2011
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BP Paying $25 Million for 2006 North Slope Spill
Libby Casey,...
Talk of Alaska: Home Town Security
Real job development means finding investable models that use local resources. But what are the local resources of an economically depressed area? Majora Carter has some ideas – ideas she put to work...
Haines Students Build, Demonstrate Windmill
Tara Bicknell, KHNS - Haines
With help from the local power utility, Alaska Power and Telephone, students at Haines High School have built and demonstrated a windmill. It's kind of small, but still, the model...
Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals Hearing Cases in Alaska
Steve Heimel, APRN - Anchorage
A panel of judges from the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is in Alaska to hear appeals on cases in this state The panel meets for three days in...
BOEMRE May Be Able to Monitor Offshore Rigs Electronically
Steve Heimel, APRN - Anchorage
Monday at the annual Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, BOEMRE head Michael Bromwich talked a little more about plans to beef up offshore enforcement. Earlier he had said they wanted...
Wasilla Man Dies in Crash on Glenn Highway
Steve Heimel, APRN - Anchorage
A Wasilla man died early Tuesday morning when he rolled his vehicle on the Glenn Highway median near the Birchwood exit. He is identified as Scott Edwin Wall, 59. He...
Shell Hoping to Begin Drilling 10 Exploratory Wells Starting in 2012
Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DC and Lori Townsend, APRN – Anchorage
Shell Alaska is asking the federal government to review a new set of plans for drilling in the Arctic. Shell Vice...
Delegation Cheers bin Laden Death, Encourages Vigilance
Libby Casey, APRN – Washington DC
Alaska’s Congressional delegation is cheering the death of Al Qaeda leader and 9-11 mastermind Osama bin Laden. But they’re warning of a need for vigilance toward...
Mat Su Lawmakers Present $378.9 Million Budget
Ellen Lockyer, KSKA – Anchorage
While state lawmakers squabble over Alaska’s capital budget, Matanuska Susitna taxpayers are being presented with a proposed $378.9 million comprehensive budget by Matanuska Susitna Borough officials. The...
Nome Woman Crowned Miss Indian World
Laureli Kinneen, KNOM – Nome
Nome’s Marjorie Tahbone was crowned Miss Indian World on Saturday evening at the Gathering of Nations Pow Wow in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A student at the University...
Tanana River Ice Jam Causing Floods in Salcha Area
Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks
An ice jam on the Tanana River is causing flooding in an area of Salcha. Fairbanks North Star Borough spokeswoman Sally Stuvek says water is...
New Camp Abatement Receives ACLU and Assembly Backing
Len Anderson, KSKA – Anchorage
Months of legal battling between the municipality of Anchorage and the Alaska office of the American Civil Liberties Union has come to an end. Last week the...
Potential Land Transfer Leaves Conservation Group, Forest Service Concerned
Ed Ronco, KCAW – Sitka
A survey team from the Bureau of Land Management will be in Sitka this summer to plat 11 acres of land selected by Sealaska – land selected by ...
Fairbanks Pledges $1.7 Million to Ice Alaska’s Effort to Purchase Railroad Land
Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks
The Fairbanks Assembly passed a resolution allowing the borough to give Ice Alaska $1.7 million to help it buy land from the Alaska Railroad. The ice carving...
Wind Power Dominates Discussion for Energy Cost Solutions
Tim Ellis, KUAC – Fairbanks
The high cost of energy and what to do about it was on the minds of many of the 1,300 members of Golden Valley Electric Association who packed...
Alaska News Nightly: May 2, 2011
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Shell Hoping to Begin Drilling 10 Exploratory Wells Starting in...
Join KSKA for a Special Fundraiser Lunch at Aladdin's
Aladdin's and Bridge Builders of Anchorage invite you to join us to raise funds for KSKA. Aladdin's will open for lunch 11am-2pm Tuesday May 3.
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Delegation Praises CIA, Military Actions Leading to Bin Laden's Death
Libby Casey, APRN - Washington DC
Alaska’s Congressional delegation joined in praising the CIA and military effort that led to the death of Osama bin Laden in statements overnight.
Representative Don Young called bin Laden’s killing...